The concept of Genealogical Sorting Indexes (GSIs) was first introduced by Cummings et al. [1]. Given a set of observations belonging to different groups (represented in the form of a hierarchial tree), the Genealogical Sorting Index (GSI) value obtained for a particular group provides a quantitative measure of how closely the observations belonging to this group have clustered in the given tre...

BACKGROUND The package leaflet included in the packaging of all medicinal products plays an important role in the transmission of medicine-related information to patients. Therefore, in 2009, the European Commission published readability guidelines to try to ensure that the information contained in the package leaflet is understood by patients. OBJECTIVE The main objective of this study was t...

Soil degradation and the use of urban biosolid wastes to soil restoration have an economic, social-environmental health impact. Therefore, there is interest worldwide in comparison methodologies establish quality indexes (SQIs) based on physical, chemical, biological indicators soils. Considering that more than 60% territory Bajío region Mexico State Guanajuato affected by some type degradation...

Data warehouses are used to store large amounts of data. This data is often used for On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP). Short response times are essential for on-line decision support. Common approaches to reach this goal in read-mostly environments are the precomputation of materialized views and the use of index structures. In this paper, a framework is presented to evaluate different inde...

Abstract IUCN Red List assessments for fish species can quickly become out of date. In recent years molecular techniques have added new ways obtaining information about distribution or populations. this work, we propose the Iberian Peninsula as an example reassessment needs in its endangered freshwater fauna. We compiled list occurring continental Spain and Portugal examined their conservation ...